Position Summary: Perform work associated with the management, accounting, and reporting of financial activities, trends and analysis.

Technical/Functional Expectations:

1. Manage Accounting Functions - Essential Function: Ensures that all accounting functions for the company are maintained on a current basis, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, company policy/procedures and existing state and federal tax laws to ensure compliance in all areas of responsibility.
2. Financial Control - Essential Function: Apply financial procedures and processes in order to facilitate the organization's ability to meet its objectives.
3. Financial Reporting - Essential Function: Collect, analyze, and summarize accounting and financial information and trends in order to prepare various monthly financial statements, and other financial reports.
4. Tax Filings: Follow federal, state, and local requirements in order to protect organization's interests and comply with tax filings.
5. Staff Leadership - Essential Function: Plan performance expectations, monitor, and appraise the associate's job results and performance in order to develop, coach, counsel, or discipline staff members.
6. Budgets - Essential Function: Assist in the collection and consolidation of financial data for multiple budget preparation.
7. Other duties as required: Job performance requires fulfilling other incidental or related duties as assigned, assisting and training others, and performing duties of higher rated positions from time to time for developmental purposes.

Behavioral Competencies:

1. Analytical Problem Resolution: Able to use systematic techniques to define problems, options, and solutions; evaluate alternative solutions; solve technical problems using logic.
2. Decision Making: Able to make objective decisions when dealing with emotional or controversial topics; identify and choose between multiple options; understand consequences of potential decisions.
3. Prioritizing: Able to quickly focus on what is important; establish a sequence of tasks and completion dates; set priorities and allocate time and resources when faced with competing demands.
4. Integrity: Able to demonstrate sound business ethics; show consistency of words and actions; protect confidential information; practice what he or she preaches; do what is right even when no one is watching.
5. Self-Control: Able to maintain a composed problem solving approach when faced with unrealistic expectations, pressing time demands, frustration, or interpersonal conflict.
6. Continuous Learning: Able to apply continuous learning principles to own development; seek opportunities to expand knowledge, skills, and abilities; keep up with changes in discipline or technology; identify and change personal behaviors that contribute to problems.
7. Sensitivity: Work effectively with and show sensitivity to cultural differences and various socio-economic backgrounds of others.
8. Ethics: Adhere to and model principles and values of Agency and System of Care by being strength-based, solution-focused, maintains highest level of integrity and ethical standards and work collaboratively with employees, partners, stakeholders and clients in all interactions.

Business Experience:

1. Minimum of 3+ years accounting experience: This is required in order to direct the organization's accounting department. This position must prepare financial statements and reports and as appropriate, will exercise strong judgment skills in surfacing information to supervisor. Performs a variety of tasks. Leads and directs the work of others.
2. Minimum of 2+ years supervising & managing staff: This is required to effectively and efficiently manage the accounting staff to meet goals and deadlines.
3. Minimum of 1+ years experience in non-profit accounting: To understand the cost principles governing non-profit organizations whereby funding requirements can be achieved to maximize earnings and reporting provisions.
4. Effective verbal & written communication skills: This is required in order to effectively and accurately provide information and work collaboratively with others, both internally and externally.
5. Valid Driver’s License - Essential Function: A valid driver’s license is required in order to travel in the County and to other locations in the State.